Genus Paper Q1FY27: standalone PAT down 15% YoY on shutdown, fire disruption
PAT -15.29% YoY · revenue -12.71% · margins flat
₹218.72 Cr
-12.71% YoY
₹3.52 Cr
-15.29% YoY
1.61%
+0.5pp YoY
₹0.14
Genus Paper & Boards' standalone Q1 FY27 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) revenue fell 12.7% YoY to ₹218.72 Cr (from ₹250.57 Cr) and PAT fell 15.3% YoY to ₹3.52 Cr (from ₹4.16 Cr), EPS ₹0.14 versus ₹0.16 a year ago. Sequentially, revenue was down 3.3% and PAT down 7.2% versus Q4 FY26 (₹226.09 Cr revenue, ₹3.80 Cr PAT). Neither this quarter nor the year-ago quarter carries a non-zero exceptional item, so the YoY decline is a clean like-for-like comparison rather than a prior-year one-off artifact.
Q1 FY-2027 vs prior quarters
The revenue decline traces to a planned 16-day shutdown at the Moradabad plant this quarter for capex, overhauling and maintenance, which curtailed production and sales volumes. A separate event — a fire on May 24, 2026 at the Muzaffarnagar raw-material stock yard that damaged ₹18.82 Cr of raw material — had zero net P&L impact: the inventory was fully insured and an equivalent insurance claim receivable was booked, netting the exceptional-items line to ₹0 (auditors flagged this as an emphasis of matter; the claim remains under insurer survey with a further business-interruption claim still being quantified). Despite the softer topline, segment operating profit before finance costs actually rose 3.1% YoY to ₹14.09 Cr (from ₹13.67 Cr), helped by lower depreciation (₹4.88 Cr vs ₹6.83 Cr YoY) — but a ₹1.06 Cr YoY rise in finance costs (₹10.51 Cr vs ₹9.45 Cr) more than offset that gain and drove PBT down to ₹3.58 Cr (from ₹4.22 Cr). OPM (EBITDA/revenue) improved to roughly 8.7% from roughly 8.2% a year ago even as NPM held nearly flat around 1.6%. There is no prior management guidance or concall commentary on record to grade this print against, no formal street/analyst estimates were found for this micro-cap stock, and no separate management press release was available beyond this exchange filing.
The stock went into the print at ₹12.75, up 7.8% over the past month of trading.
W1
Final settlement of the ₹18.82 Cr fire-related inventory claim, plus any additional business-interruption claim — presently under insurer survey and not yet quantified
W2
Finance cost trajectory — up 11.2% YoY to ₹10.51 Cr this quarter — watch whether it continues offsetting the segment-level operating profit gain
W3
Revenue recovery in Q2 FY27 following the 16-day Moradabad shutdown, toward the ₹226-250 Cr range seen in recent quarters
No consolidated statement exists — standalone-only filer (segment note confirms 'standalone financial statement'). Exceptional items (fire-damaged inventory ₹18.82 Cr) net to ₹0 as fully offset by an equal insurance claim receivable, so it does not distort YoY/QoQ. Our records' year-ago comparison was tagged 'quarterly-consolidated' (rev ₹255.45 Cr, PAT ₹2.74 Cr) but this filing has no consolidated basis this or any quarter, so YoY was computed against this PDF's own 30-Jun-25 standalone comparative column (rev ₹250.57 Cr, PAT ₹4.16 Cr) for basis consistency — flagging the discrepancy for reconciliation.